A/N: Hello! This most likely will be the last chapter of this story…and then we will be going onto Back in my days: Book 7: The Past meets the Present. So exciting! And I am not gonna rethink of that title cause I like it and it fits. Kay? Kay. See ya'll at the end of this little chapter!
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Chapter Three: Cole! No! We all will miss you…can I have his bed?
~Cole's POV~
I managed to ditch my guard and after finding a couple of other students, tricked them into breaking my handcuffs off. Now I was running upstairs to the attic where I had spotted Sensei Yang heading. Charging into the creepy haunted attic of the haunted temple, I glared at the ghost responsible for this mess. "Give up Yang! You are all by yourself now!"
Sensei Yang laughed, as he waved his arms through the air. "Oh really? Nothing is as it seems here. I am afraid you are the one that is all alone."
Before I could ask what he meant by that, multiple of his students popped out from behind the old crates, weapons drawn. Well…this was going to be fun. Leaping forward, I started kicking them in the face, throwing my all into the fight.
~Kai's POV~
"Soo, let me get this straight…you knew something was up with Cole and still didn't do anything?" Jay questioned me as we flew the Bounty towards the floating island that the housed the Haunted Temple…for the tenth time.
Groaning, I turned to give him my best glare, annoyance flaring up inside of me. "Jay…for the last time! Yes! We had something that we do every Day of the Departed!"
Nya glanced over at us, her frown making it quite clear that she could feel my annoyance despite being on the clear other side of the ship. Walking over, she casually whacked me in the back of the head. "Kai…knock it off. Jay, chill. We technically left early so that we could go look for him. Now, please stop bugging us. We made a mistake, we know that now. And we're trying to fix it." Spinning around she walked back over to join Zane.
Well. At least we know where she stood on this whole mess.
~Cole's POV~
"Seriously?! How are you guys still going? Aren't you even the least bit tired?" I gasped for breath as I stumbled backwards, dismay filling me upon realizing that they weren't giving up too easily. Flipping over two of them, which took more energy than normal, I landed on the ladder that led up to the roof. Grabbing the rungs, I climbed up just in time to see that he had already opened the Rift of the Return and was using Airjitzu to fly up to it. Quickly summoning my own Airjitzu tornado, I flew after him. Tackling him, we fell out of the sky and crashed onto the roof below.
As we struggled to get the upperhand, I spotted his students heading towards us, ready to join in the fight. Sensei Yang also noticed this and called out to them. "Stand back. This fight is between the two of us!" He then easily punched me in the face.
Growling, I attacked back, knocking him down. Sensei Yang slipped away, laughter rising up from him as he proved himself the better ghost. "Why do you keep trying? You are alone! You're so called friends have abandoned you! You can't even see your hands in front of your face. Face it Cole, you a fading away, as one of the departed."
Alarmed, I recoiled away from him, lifting my hands up to see that he was telling the truth. I slunk down on the roof, too depressed to go on. Laughing, he moved to end me, raising the Yin Blade above his head.
"Cole!" I felt confusion flood me, since when did the wind knew my name?
"Cole!" There it was again. I wonder if Sensei knows that the wind can call our names…at least it can call mine apparently.
"Cole!" Why couldn't it just give up? I am through…there is no way out of this.
"Cole!" This time a jolt shot through me as I realized that I wasn't hearing the wind…I was hearing my friends! Snapping my head up, I spotted the Bounty flying towards us…well, trying to.
Pushing myself to a standing position, I glared at Sensei Yang, a strange warmth flooding my arms and fists. "You're wrong Yang. I am not alone! I am a Ninja! By that revelation alone means that I have brothers as well as friends to count on when it truly matters! You are the one that is alone!" I leapt forward, raising my fists, to find that strangely enough, they were glowing orange and the orange glow was creeping up my arms.
Pushing this out of my mind, I slammed my fists into the Yin Blade, which shattered upon contact. Gasps escaped Sensei Yang's students as the spell that made them obedient to him finally broke. Grabbing Sensei Yang and holding him in a choke hold, I turned to them. "Quick! The Rift! You can turn back human if you go through the rift!"
Wails of no escaped Sensei Yang even as they listened to me and leapt through the Rift, coming out of the other side as everyday humans. Sensei Yang escaped from me, dismay flooding his features as he looked down upon his cheering students. "My students…I have failed them." He slumped down, dejection flooding his countenance.
I hesitated, looking first to the Rift, my way back to being normal…and then back at the creator of Airjitzu. Sighing, I did the most logical thing to do. I sat down next to him to find out why he would do all of this. Sensei Yang placed his head into his hands, sorrow flooding his eyes. "I have only ever wanted to be great…to be remembered! When I had found the Yin Blade, I knew it could give me immortality. I practiced… learned the secrets of the Blade. Finally the biggest test came, using it on myself. Everything went wrong… instead of gaining immortality; I turned myself and my students into ghosts. My beautiful temple was suddenly haunted…a tourist trap even. I was a fool. No one will ever remember me…they don't remember me."
I blinked, surprised that he believed no one knew who he was. "You're wrong…you have a spot in the Museum, as the creator of Airjitzu. We have history lessons on you. Everyone DOES know who you are. Sensei Yang is the creator of Airjitzu."
"You're just saying that."
"No, I am not just saying that. Yang, you talked to me through the painting of you in the Museum. You are well known long after you left this mortal world." I looked back at the Rift, noticing that it was already closing.
Sensei Yang suddenly leapt to his feet, seizing me as he leapt into the air. "What are we waiting for? Let's get our bodies back!"
~Kai's POV~
I watched nervously…helplessly, as Sensei Yang and Cole both suddenly flew up to the Rift of the Return. The Rift was getting too small for my liking when Sensei Yang suddenly began attacking Cole…alarmed, I considered summoning my dragon and flying over there to see what was going on and help Cole when Sensei Yang suddenly threw Cole into the rift before dropping his Airjitzu tornado, disappearing from sight.
A loud explosion ripped the air, sending us crashing into the floating island. Groaning, we scrambled to our feet. Sprinting off the once again crashed ship, we scanned the area for any sign that Cole survived…that he made it. I sighed with relief upon picking up his excited breaths from behind a large boulder.
Nya shot me a look, followed by the best explanation why. Kai…you're broadcasting to me again. Glad to know that you know where Cole is at though.
Jay slumped to the ground, tears building up in his eyes. "Aw man…I will do anything to get Cole back!"
"Anything?" Cole's voice came from behind the boulder, confirming what I already suspected.
"Anything!" Jay repeated, not realizing that he was hearing Cole speak. Lloyd and Zane both perked up immediately, recognizing his voice.
Cole leapt over the boulder, grinning as he looked at Jay. "Including a turn on the Turbo Jet?"
"Cole!" Even though it was Jay that yelled that, we all tackled him in a hug.
I looked Cole over trying to see if there was anything different about him after this ordeal of his. The only thing I could find was a single, ghostly scar next to his one eye. "It's good to have you back."
"It's good to be back…also, Kai? Nya? Where were you two?" Cole knitted his eyebrows together in confusion.
I laughed nervously, not really wanting to explain that to him. Thankfully, Sensei suddenly spoke up, pointing to the Temple. "The curse of the temple has been lifted."
Zane nodded in agreement, looking the suddenly beautiful temple. "This would make a good headquarters for us. I can see us training now in there."
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"…and then we all moved in and lived happily ever after." Cole finished as he smiled, the flames from the fire throwing strange shadows across his face.
Lou smiled as he placed a hand on his son's shoulder. Dareth was sitting on his other side, holding a guitar of sorts. Ed and Edna were sitting side by side, hands clasped together. Misako chuckled as she held a now three year old Koko on her lap. Lloyd was sitting between his mother and uncle, relaxed. Zane and Echo smiled; content with the story. Nya had her head resting on my shoulder. The only one not impressed with the story was Jay.
"Are you going to keep telling that story until I admit that it isn't haunted anymore? Cause if so…IT AIN'T HAUNTED! I get it!" Jay flung his hands around in the air wildly.
Cole laughed as he glanced back at our headquarters for the past year. "No…it definitely isn't haunted."
With that said; we all pulled out our lanterns and sent them flying into the sky. A year of peace is a wonderful thing…I just wish that this bad feeling I keep having would just go away.
A/N: Done! See ya in the next book! Ooh, look, Kai has a bad feeling here. I wonder why…
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